Horsepower…Moving Fast
Sam has had a passion for very fast high performance cars and trucks since he was a child. That passion still burns very bright and strong within Sam today. Over the years Sam has owned and built some impressive cars and at any point in Sam's life he is either working on a car or meticulously planning what he will be building next. Sam likes the challenge of continually creating ways to make his muscle cars run faster and produce more horsepower while still maintaining a level of street ability.
Through the years Sam's hobby has grown into a high performance passion. Because Sam prioritizes the majority of his time and energy towards his real estate business Sam tends to take a bit longer to complete his muscle car projects but when he finishes them they are very fun and extremely fast.
S-10…Sam Can Haul The Groceries
It started out as a fairly rough 6 cylinder truck that was coming to the end of it's useful life. Sam thought this little truck would be an excellent candidate for a V-8 conversion because the S-10's are pretty light and lighter means faster. The S-10 originally was built with a 671 roots supercharger with a 355 small block and a nitrous port system but later gave way to a nitrous injected small block 406 that is pump gas friendly and now makes over 850 horsepower at the flip of a switch. Sam enjoys driving his truck to the race track and then running faster than most of the all out race cars and then he simply drives it home. The truck has run in the high 5's at our Pacemakers 1/8th mile drag strip in Mount Vernon and at Dragway 42 in West Salem it regularly runs 9.40's at 143 mph.
Malibu…You'd Never Be Late Driving This Car
This car started out with the idea that it was going to be a fun cruiser that Sam's wife Carol might drive every now and then. Well after they started dismantling the car they determined that that front frame was nearly non existent and the damage was so severe that they just pulled the body off the old frame and a full tube frame was contracted to a close friend of Sam's. This car ended up with very few original parts beyond the body and a few interior pieces…the rest was either replaced or custom fabricated.
The Malibu is an extreme car that merges full on race car dynamics with street tires, a full exhaust and functional windows that actually roll up and down. You won't find any creature comforts such as A/C or leather seats because this car is all about one thing…getting from A to point B really FAST. This one is powered by a 572 cubic inch Chevy big block with custom big chief pro stock cylinder heads. This engine made 991 horsepower on Kaufman Racing Engines Superflow 901 dyno. The engine is easily capable of making 1500+ horsepower with the direct port nitrous fogger system. Sam's goal with this car is to be able to run an 8 second quarter mile pass and still being able to drive it on the street for car shows and cruise events.
1984 Vette…Started Out Sad But Soon To Be Rad
Sam has owned a couple Corvettes through the years but he has never owned one that was as sad as this one. This car smelled bad, ran worse and overall it just wasn't in very good condition. However, Sam has always loved the design of the 1984 to 1996 C4 Corvettes because the engine is positioned much further back in the car compared to a 1969 Camaro making the C4 Corvette a much better hot rod. This car will be getting a 406 small block Chevy, a clean interior and a nitrous system. This car should be capable of running 10's in the ¼ mile and be a fun car for Sam when he is not busy selling real estate.
710 South Main Street, Mount Vernon, Ohio 43050
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